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It's true...... I can't forget the date, June 12, 2001..... which tomorrow will be exactly 5 years now...... Andy hit the switch and this website went live. There were only 2 employee's at that time, myself and him; I gambled every last penny [plus ran up all my credit cards] I ever had that this debacle would fly and on that day we went live to see if the whole thing would work. I was the only one really at risk; he was a paid worker and the only one that had anything to lose here was myself.
The first year was very lean to say the least..... 4 girls added per month {!} and frankly we almost went under and JaiDee was thisclose to staying in 9-5; yes, I was still working a REAL job at that time and travelling to Thailand whenever I could just to get new photos. It was very hard; every single penny went right back into making the site better and I was on a strict peanut butter and jelly diet because that's all I could really afford and working 16 hour days to boot; 10 at my real job and then coming home and working on site stuff and answering e-mails and just praying this would all work out without me being flat broke and bankrupt [again]. I laugh when people suggest anything was ever handed to me or that starting this website was easy; very far from it.
Fast forward to 2006....... June 12th to be exact..... This site now has 5 full-time employee's who earn their income solely from this website, and I have finally hit the point where I can relax a bit [hey, it took 5 years!]. We also have 4 or 5 freelance photographer's and a hosting company who makes a good living from us as well now. The site is generally considered to be the best in its genre by anyone who follows this sub-culture, and we are seen by over 30,000 people every single day [of course the vast majority of these are non-paying members]. We also have the best forum by far...... all in all, as has been said many times up here and appreciated by me especially, we have the best "community" on the internet for this topic and I feel very proud to have helped start it all off. Now that Andy has moved on [only to be replaced by another Andy in early 2002] I am the only one remaining from the launch date, so tomorrow I guess I will be celebrating our birthday alone, as well as with all of you guys and girls.
5 years ....who would have ever guessed..... we have to get Blue Ballz and Lotus up here and have a good laugh about the old days, they and a very few others will remember those lean days of 2001 when this site first started. Thanks to one and all for making it go for this long and we certainly hope to be here for you for years and years to come.
The first year was very lean to say the least..... 4 girls added per month {!} and frankly we almost went under and JaiDee was thisclose to staying in 9-5; yes, I was still working a REAL job at that time and travelling to Thailand whenever I could just to get new photos. It was very hard; every single penny went right back into making the site better and I was on a strict peanut butter and jelly diet because that's all I could really afford and working 16 hour days to boot; 10 at my real job and then coming home and working on site stuff and answering e-mails and just praying this would all work out without me being flat broke and bankrupt [again]. I laugh when people suggest anything was ever handed to me or that starting this website was easy; very far from it.
Fast forward to 2006....... June 12th to be exact..... This site now has 5 full-time employee's who earn their income solely from this website, and I have finally hit the point where I can relax a bit [hey, it took 5 years!]. We also have 4 or 5 freelance photographer's and a hosting company who makes a good living from us as well now. The site is generally considered to be the best in its genre by anyone who follows this sub-culture, and we are seen by over 30,000 people every single day [of course the vast majority of these are non-paying members]. We also have the best forum by far...... all in all, as has been said many times up here and appreciated by me especially, we have the best "community" on the internet for this topic and I feel very proud to have helped start it all off. Now that Andy has moved on [only to be replaced by another Andy in early 2002] I am the only one remaining from the launch date, so tomorrow I guess I will be celebrating our birthday alone, as well as with all of you guys and girls.
5 years ....who would have ever guessed..... we have to get Blue Ballz and Lotus up here and have a good laugh about the old days, they and a very few others will remember those lean days of 2001 when this site first started. Thanks to one and all for making it go for this long and we certainly hope to be here for you for years and years to come.
Up The Ass Of Every Successful Business Man Lies a Ladboys Thick Long Cock! 
Happy Birthday to the greatest website of all time!! 
(I would do a 21 cum salute but aint got that kinda juice) 
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